Varaha Purana 187.7: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 7

Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering

Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha

Devanagari script

कथयिष्यामि ते ह्येवं श्राद्धोत्पत्तिविनिश्चयम् ॥ आदौ स्वर्गस्य चोत्पत्तिं देवानां च वरानने ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 187.7

Transliteration

kathayiṣyāmi te hy evaṁ śrāddhotpatti-viniścayam || ādau svargasya cotpattiṁ devānāṁ ca varānane ||

Translation

ดังนี้เราจักอธิบายแก่เจ้าโดยแน่ชัดถึงกำเนิดแห่งศราทธะ ก่อนอื่น โอ้ผู้มีพักตร์งาม เราจักกล่าวถึงการบังเกิดของสวรรค์และเหล่าเทวะ

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Word by Word

• कथयिष्यामि: I will explain/tell
• कथयिष्यामि: क्रिया (आख्यात)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु; कथ्/कथयति-णिजन्त)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: to you
• ते: सम्प्रदान (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन (सम्प्रदान)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: सम्बन्धसूचक (discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• श्राद्धोत्पत्ति-विनिश्चयम्: the definite account of the origin of śrāddha
• श्राद्धोत्पत्ति-विनिश्चयम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध-उत्पत्ति-विनिश्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समास-श्रृङ्खला: (1) श्राद्धस्य उत्पत्तिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) (2) तस्य विनिश्चयः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• आदौ: in the beginning
• आदौ: क्रियाविशेषण (temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदौ (अव्यय/सप्तमी-एकवचन रूप)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; काल/क्रमवाचक (adverb: at first)

• स्वर्गस्य: of heaven
• स्वर्गस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• उत्पत्तिम्: origin, creation
• उत्पत्तिम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• वरानने: O lovely-faced one
• वरानने: सम्बोधन (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समास: वर + आनना (श्रेष्ठं आननं यस्याः/श्रेष्ठानना)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Ritual Discourse
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows a characteristic Purāṇic method: grounding ritual institutions (śrāddha) in a broader cosmogonic narrative, thereby legitimizing practice through origins.

Which geographic location is identified?

None; ‘svarga’ is cosmological rather than terrestrial geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Ritual practice is framed as meaningful when understood within a coherent account of origins and purpose.